DUNMORE EAST: A colour-ringed adult Kittiwake on a ledge at Outer Harbour today (metal over green left, blue over
orange over white right) had been ringed as a chick on 6 July 2004 at Goulien, Finistere, Brittany in France and had nested
at another Finistere colony in 2008-2009.

Non-Waterford news: Large numbers of Cory's Shearwaters off south Cork coast this evening
- 1200+ off Galley Head, 121 off Ballycotton, 101 off Seven Heads (twitter.com/corkbirdnews).

Tues 5 July:

CLONEA STRAND: A record Co Waterford count of 16 Mediterranean Gulls at Ballinclamper
(6 adult, 3 1st-summer & 7 juvenile). Also a colour-ringed juvenile Black-headed Gull (white26DO left leg) that had been
ringed at Hosehill Lake, west Berksire, England on 4 June (still present there 30 June, so crossed to Clonea, 422 km west,
in no more than 5 days).

Note: Sightings listed here are
reports, not necessarily authenticated records. * = species for which the Irish Rare Birds Committee currently requires substantiating descriptions or photographs. Records are regularly updated, and older records
added or amended where necessary . Many thanks to observers who
provided records above - any further records (current or older) would be appreciated.

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